Category Archives: Justice
Family of New Brunswick man shot dead by police hopes inquest can answer questions
FREDERICTON — The family of an Indigenous New Brunswick man shot dead by police last year says it hopes a coroner's inquest will answer the many questions surrounding his death. Rodney Levi was shot dead by the RCMP on June 12,
Top court to hear case on sexual consent and use of protection
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case concerning the use of protection during sex and how that relates to consent and possible deception. The complainant in the British Columbia case told Ross McKenzie Kirkpatrick that
Military justice system at crossroads as court hears case on judges’ independence
OTTAWA — Canada’s military justice system will be on trial again Friday, when an appeal court weighs whether the handful of judges responsible for overseeing courts martial are truly independent.The Court Martial Appeal Court hearing revolves around th...
Judge orders psychiatric test for man accused of threatening to kill N.L. politicians
CORNER BROOK, N.L. — A Newfoundland and Labrador judge has ordered a man accused of threatening to "execute" politicians to undergo a psychiatric assessment to determine whether he's fit to stand trial. George Brake, 66, was arrested in the western New...
Supreme Court won’t hear police oversight case; Black family alleged brutality
TORONTO — Canada's top court refused on Thursday to hear a case involving the limits of police oversight, prompting a renewed call for a misconduct hearing against a police officer a Black family accused of brutality. At issue in the case
After Sloan’s ouster, other conservative factions wonder what’s next for them
OTTAWA — A decision by Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole to boot an MP from his caucus has factions of the conservative movement in Canada wondering about their own futures in the party. Among them: some firearms advocates, who say they're concerned
Former youth in care to lose benefits after top Alberta court sides with province
EDMONTON — Alberta's top court has lifted the suspension of a law that lowers the age at which young adults can receive financial and other benefits once they've transitioned out of government care. The United Conservative government announced in late...
Every leader must work to rid health-care system of anti-Indigenous racism: Miller
OTTAWA — Canadians expect concrete measures from politicians to ensure everyone — Indigenous people included — has access to first-class medical treatment, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said ahead of a meeting on systemic racism in the healt...
Order to stand trial in Paris bombing flies in face of evidence, Diab’s lawyer says
OTTAWA — A lawyer for Hassan Diab says a French appeal court's order that the Ottawa sociology professor stand trial for a decades-old synagogue bombing is the latest misstep in a long odyssey of injustice. Donald Bayne tells a news conference
Order to stand trial in Paris bombing flies in face of evidence, Diab’s lawyer says
OTTAWA — A lawyer for Hassan Diab says a French appeal court's order that the Ottawa sociology professor stand trial for a decades-old synagogue bombing is the latest misstep in a long odyssey of injustice. Donald Bayne told a news conference
